It would also contradict what was said at comic-con as well.
Hot Toys DX Bespin Luke Skywalker
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It would also contradict what was said at comic-con as well.
jye4ever
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Well, if HT has changed things since comic-con I am as well. Its my understanding that HT is going to go back and redo figures that SS has done. That will be what they concentrate on basically. So thats why we got Bespin Luke and from my understanding Anakin will be the second figure or within the first 2-3 figures.
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We know a little more than that:
What we know:
-Hot Toys is making a DX Bespin Luke
-They are planning on making more.
-They have been quoted in saying they will all be DX in nature
-Howard has a soft spot for the OT
-Howard wants it out in Q1 (Luke)
What is confusing:
-Anakin Skywalker has specifically been mentioned but the context has been left to interpretation.
-They are bouncing back and forth between doing the entire saga or doing the OT only depending on what interview you read.
-The spacing has been anywhere between 1 a quarter to 1 a year depending on what interview they are discussing
-Whether or not they will be limited to figures SSC has done or whether they have carte blanche in their offshoot to do what they want.
What we know:
-Hot Toys is making a DX Bespin Luke
-They are planning on making more.
-They have been quoted in saying they will all be DX in nature
-Howard has a soft spot for the OT
-Howard wants it out in Q1 (Luke)
What is confusing:
-Anakin Skywalker has specifically been mentioned but the context has been left to interpretation.
-They are bouncing back and forth between doing the entire saga or doing the OT only depending on what interview you read.
-The spacing has been anywhere between 1 a quarter to 1 a year depending on what interview they are discussing
-Whether or not they will be limited to figures SSC has done or whether they have carte blanche in their offshoot to do what they want.
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one should take translation and point of view into consideration… Howard "plans on producing one design a year"… perhaps other designers will have input also? Howard says "I have neither a plan for other series"… does this mean he does not have a plan to create another series or contribute to another possible series?
this interview is hardly enough to make assumptions other than we have a kick a$$ Bespin Luke on the way.
this interview is hardly enough to make assumptions other than we have a kick a$$ Bespin Luke on the way.
jye4ever
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I am less confused Here's the deal, SW is so grand that HT would have to release 1 character per month minimum to even begin to fulfill our SW geek needs.
Yes, I count a Tauntaun as a seperate character and I don't want to be 80 when we finally get one
Batman is so easy compared to SW, all we need is Batman and Joker.
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Really though, at the very MINIMUM 4 SW figures a year. Just look at the IM figures they've cranked out since the movies 2008 release. What it is up to now, like 15 figures? Surely they will give more attention to the cash cow that is known as the War of the Stars.
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Well here is another thing we know, HT will not make as expansive of a collection as Sideshow and nowhere near as wide as Hasbro. If we get the major OT characters we'll be lucky. If they bleed into the PT I'm sure we'll get a few characters that people want that will be left out. Think about it, if they do a Vader, Stormtrooper, Obi-Wan, Luke, Han, Leia, Threepio and Artoo and they stick to one a year that's eight years and only one representation just from the OT.
Even if they do one a quarter as originally rumored then that's two years worth just in one representation of the character.
Even if they do one a quarter as originally rumored then that's two years worth just in one representation of the character.
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If there only doing one a year I hope they stick to just the OT, I want a Han Solo, Obi-Wan, Leia, Jedi Luke. That's four years worth alone.
jye4ever
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I hope HT makes the Han that shoots 1st!
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I'm not sure why we're so desperate to figure out what Howard Chan meant when he said "blah blah blah", as undoubtedly the plan will change. As everyone's been so quick to blast Josh about, what SS says they are doing/will do has been quite different than what they actually do, so I don't see why Howard saying "we will only do OT stuff" to "we will do ROTS Anakin" or "we will do 4 figures a year" to "we will only do one figure a year". . . I don't see why it matters. Two years from now we will be stamping our feet at HT saying, "Hey, you said you would do ROTS Anakin, where is he??
Hell, two years from now, when standard SS price is $200, half of the people here will be gone anyways.
Hell, two years from now, when standard SS price is $200, half of the people here will be gone anyways.
Having re-watched the original Star Wars recently, I agree about Han. there was a single blast from what I saw, and it was Han doing the shooting.
Yeah. . .I might be among that group at that point when HT figures are typically $275 and Sideshow figures are $200+. At a certain point, it's just too much. Jumping up at 5-10X the rate of inflation doesn't help.Hell, two years from now, when standard SS price is $200, half of the people here will be gone anyways.
Is there any public/ published information from SSCs about what the nature of this particular collaboration with HTs will be?
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I really think you'd be a great politician, with the amount of back-pedalling you've done...
Uh, yes you have, several times...
Pretty sure we were sticking to facts?
How many Monty Python and Universal monsters figures can they make? There are only so many characters...
So they abandoned some lines that were crappy sellers, like LOTR - what business doesn't do that? For example, lots of toy companies have tried properties like Indiana Jones and failed. Medicom clocked in at 2 1/6 figs ( Indy and Dr. Henry Jones Sr.), Toys McCoy made Indy and reused a horse from another line for the arabian horse before throwing in the towel, and even HT is having mixed results before the first Indy fig even has been released, based on a poor prototype. SSC produced several Indy figs in the 1/6 line, which were met with mixed reviews, and have since stopped making further Indy figs, opting instead to make a single complimentary environement to what is likely to be a one-shot figure for HT - is it fair to use that as evidence that SSC is moving away from 1/6 figures? It doesn't necessarily follow that they've turned their backs on the format altogether, it means they stick with what sells. And you've done a fair amount of "Oh, I wasn't talking about this line, or that type of 1/6 product" to try to buttress your flawed argument.
That's a heck of an assumption, and erroneous at that...
You're calling me names and saying I don't rate in your book - how will I go on?
Oh no! You've uncovered my deep, dark secret! The fact that I rattled off a bunch of information that I could only have known if I were a long term collector means nothing...
Erm, then why are you in a thread dedicated to HT Bespin Luke arguing the point? Shouldn't you create a new thread called "Sideshow leaving the 1/6 format behind?" so you you can ACTUALLY be on topic with your enlightened opinion? Or is that above my "noob" head?
My feelings could only be hurt by someone who's opinion I respect, so I'm good, thanks!
Wow...to not respect my opinion or argument, you sure spent a hell of a lot of your time trying to dissect it!
It's funny reading what you wrote cause you can tell you got rattled about being called a Noob so you tried to display your 1/6th scale collector chops in that long dissertation. 
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From page one of this thread:
https://www.sideshowtoy.com/?p=35883&ref=footer&prod-blog1&ssc
but then, I'm sure you already knew that. You are, after all, the expert on everything.
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Guys did I miss the boat on pre ordering this thing? I couldn't find it in my normal ordering spots.
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